ὀρφανός, ὀρφανη, ὀρφανόν (ὈΡΦΟΣ, Latinorbus; (Curtius, § 404)), from Homer, Odyssey 20, 68 down, the Sept. for ιΘϊεν; bereft (of a father, of parents), Jas_1:27 (A. V. fatherless); of those bereft of a teacher, guide, guardian, Joh_14:18 (Lam_5:3).

ὀρφανός orphanos 2x bereaved of parents, orphan, Jas_1:27 ; bereaved, desolate, Joh_14:18

ὀρφανός , -ή , -όν , [in LXX for H3490 ;] 1. prop ., orphan, fatherless: Mar_12:40 , WH , mg , Jas_1:27 . 2. In a general sense (as also in cl .; v. LS , s.v. ; and cf. MM , xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Joh_14:18 .†

ὀρφανός [page 459] In P Petr II. 39( e ) (Ptol.) we have what appears to be a list of taxes paid by orphans, and beside one of the names the note has been scribbled (7) .13 οὐκ ἔστιν ὀρφανὸς ἀλλὰ υἱὸς Δαιφάντου , he is not an orphan, but the son of Daiphantos. The word (= Lat. orbus ) is common in petitions, e.g. P Flor III. 319 .7 (A.D. 132 7) τοῦ δὲ [ἀ ]δελφιδοῦ μου ὀρφανοῦ ὄντος , P Tebt II. 326 .2 ( c. A.D. 266) ὑπὲρ θυγατρὸς ὀρφανῆς καὶ καταδεοῦς τὴν ἡλικίαν , δέσποτα ἡγεμών , ἱκετηρίαν τιθεμένη ἐπὶ τὸ σὸν μέγεθος καταφεύγω , on behalf of my orphan daughter who is under age, my lord praefect, I make this supplication and take refuge in your power (Edd.), P Thead 19 .4 ff. (iv/A.D.) τοὺς ἀδικουμένους ὀρφανο [ύς ], ἡγεμὼν δέσποτα ἐκδικεῖν εἴωθρν τὸ μεγαλεῖον τὸ σόν· ἑαυτὸς το [ί ]νυν ὀρφανὸς καταλελιμμένης ( l . ένος ) στερηθεὶς ἑκατέρων τῶν γονέων οὐκ ὀλίγ [ον ] ἀδικοῦμαι κτλ ., and P Lips I. 41 .2 (end iv/A.D.) ἀμφοῖν τοῖν γονέοιν ὀρφανή . See also P Magd 13 .14 (B.C. 217) with the editor s note, and BGU IV. 1209 .14 (B.C. 23) ὡς ἂν λάβῃς τὸ γράμμα ἐμβαλοῦ ( sc. εἰς πλοῖον ) τόν τε ὀρφανὸν καὶ τὴν τούτου μητέρα . The more general sense of the word may be illustrated from MGr as in the distich, Abbott Songs , p. 226 No. 50, where a lover mourns that his mistress is going away leaving him friendless καί μ᾽ ἀφίνει ὀρφανό᾽ the same combination as in Joh_14:18 : see also Epict. iii. 24. 14 ὡς ὀρφανοὺς ἀφιείς , and ib. 15 οὐδείς ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὀρφανός , ἀλλὰ πάντων ἀεὶ καὶ διηνεκῶς ὁ πατήρ ἐστιν ὁ κηδόμενος (cited by Bauer HZNT ad Joh_16:32 ). For the form ὀρφανικός see P Grenf 1. 17 .17 ( c. B.C. 147 or 136), P Oxy VI. 888 .4 (iii/iv A.D.), and for the subst. ὀρφάνεια cf. P Par 39 .11 (B.C. 161) ἐμβλέψαντες . . . εἰς τὴν ἐκείνων ὀρφάνειαν , and P Fay 94 .5 (A.D. 222 235) a formal release given by an orphan girl to her late guardian τῷ γε ]νομένῳ τῆς ὀρφανείας αὐτῆς ἐπιτρόπῳ .

ὀρφανός ὀρφα^νός, ή, όν Lat. orbus, orphan, without parents, fatherless, Od. , Hes. , attic:—as Subst., "an orphan", Plat. c. gen. "bereaved or bereft", of children, ὀρφ. πατρός "reft" of father, Eur. of parents, ὀρφ. παίδων id=Eur. ; νεοσσῶν ὀρφανὸν λέχος Soph. generally, ὀρφ. ἑταίρων Pind. ; ἐπιστήμης Plat. , etc.

ὀρφανός, -ή, -όν [in LXX for יָתוֹם ;] __1. prop., orphan, fatherless: Mrk.12:40, WH, mg, Jas.1:27. __2. In a general sense (as also in cl.; see LS, see word; and cf. MM, xviii), bereft, friendless, desolate: Jhn.14:18.† (AS)